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CDCE6214: Using CDCE6214RGET to feed PCIe and DDR reference inputs- guidance needed

Part Number: CDCE6214
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: 66AK2G12,

Hi

I look for compatible device or proper way to use this  clock generator for feeding 100Mhz for Ti keystone 2 SOC 66AK2G12 and Xilinx Artix FPGA.

The SOC PCIE_CLK pins G2, F2 are defined as LVDS and their source power is 1.8V. Other electrical parameters are missing.

The SOC DDR_CLK is also defined as LVDS 1.8V with the following electrical parameters :

VIDH Input Differential High Voltage 100 mV

VIDL Input Differential Low Voltage -100 mV

 

The FPGA on the other hand, define the GTP transceivers to have:

ViDiff differential peak to peak input voltage min=350mV max=2000mV

 

Having this data I thought of using the CDCE6214RGET (because its high temperature105 T Amb.) with proper termination to feed the 3 clock inputs :

Please help me to confirm my design :

  • Power VDDO_12 and VDDO34 with 1.8V
  • Since the FPGA sewing is bigger than the 250mV LVDS, I thought of configuring the CDCE6214RGET to HSCL that getting VOH- VOL =660-150=510mv swing, which is ok with the FPGA requirement. I will use 100nF AC-Couple and put the HSTL output with no resistors attached to it. (no biasing pullup/down nor 100 Ohm) can you please say if that makes sense ?
  • The other two SOC inputs I think of using LVDS outputs with AC-Coupled 100nF capacitors again without any termination or biasing resistors.

 

Please advise,

  Avner   

  • Hi Avner,

    Yes this makes sense. It is LP-HCSL for CDCE6214 meaning that there's already 50Ohm termination inside the chip and you don't need any external termination to generate the swing listed in the datasheet.

    Regards,

    Hao

  • Thanks for the answer,

    Just to be sure that you do approve using the HCSL to get larger differential swing in AC couple, right?

     

    Regarding the  TI processor which is defined as above voltages and stated in the datasheet : 1.8V LVDS – how it differ from LVDS-LIKE produced by the  CDCE6214RGET ?

    What the LIKE stands for, please?

    Thanks

      Avner

  • Hi Avner,

    The "like" simply means that its output amplitude is slightly lower than standard LVDS. The output characteristics can be found in the datasheet. 

    Yes you can use HCSL with AC coupling. Since it's LP-HCSL, you don't need to add any termination. There's already internal 50Ohm effectively.

    Regards,
    Hao